1 Kings 12:24-26

Revised Geneva Translation

²⁴ ‘Thus says the LORD: “You shall not go up or fight against your brethren, the children of Israel. Every man return to his house. For this thing is done by Me.”’” Therefore, they obeyed the Word of the LORD and returned and departed, according to the Word of the LORD.

²⁵ Then Jeroboam built Shechem on Mount Ephraim and dwelt in it and went from there and built Penuel.

²⁶ And Jeroboam thought in his heart, “Now shall the kingdom return to the House of David.